Category : Certification

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 13, 2017 .

Objective Overview Objective 7.1 - Deploy and Manage a vRealize Application Services Appliance Knowledge: Assign a user the necessary permissions to gain access to Application Services. Install and set up the Application Services virtual appliance. Configure Application Services to use a proxy. Register a cloud provider with Application Services. Map a Cloud Template to a Logical Template. Map Application Services to a vRA reservation policy Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Application Services VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 12, 2017 .

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here . In this post we are covering the deployment of vRealize Application Services. Prerequisite Steps A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation. Overview Deploy VMware vRealize Application Services Appliance. Configure VMware vRealize Application Services. Navigate to the Application Services Portal Step by Step Instructions Note: For anyone who has deployed an OVF/OVA before (such as the vRealize Automation Identity Appliance or the vRealize Automation Appliance) the steps will look very familiar!

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Application Services VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on March 12, 2017 .

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here . In this post we are covering the deployment of vRealize Business for Cloud. Prerequisite Steps A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation. Overview Deploy VMware vRealize Business for Cloud Appliance. Configure integration with vRealize Automation. Step by Step Instructions Note: For anyone who has deployed an OVF/OVA before (such as the vRealize Automation Identity Appliance or the vRealize Automation Appliance) the steps will look very familiar!

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Written by Christopher Lewis on March 6, 2017 .

Today marks the end of a journey to obtain my VCP6-NV and obtain the tri-fecta of SDDC VCPs (i.e. VCP6-DCV, VCP6-CMA and VCP6-NV). I originally took the remote VMware NSX 6 ICM Course in December 2015 (run by the #awesome @JensSoeldner ). The course was hard going not only because it was in GMT+1 time zone but also (and mainly) because networking has always been a dark art. Jens actually managed to make it interesting!

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Written by Christopher Lewis on February 13, 2017 .

This morning I “sat” the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. As you may have noticed I have been posting a lot of study materials recently on this. (see here for my Study Resources). I turned up 10 minutes early like a good candidate, after being booked in and led into the exam room, the adjudicator attempted to log me in. That’s when the first problem hit. We were prompted with an unexplained error message that took ~1 hour to sort and it seems it was a problem between the PearsonVue software and my VMware Education account (something about not having the right entitlement).

VCAP6-CMA VCIX6 vRealize Automation

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 11, 2017 .

Objective Overview Objective 8.1 - Deploy and Manage a vRealize Business Standard Appliance Deploy vRealize Business Standard appliance Integrate vRealize Business Standard with vRealize Automation: Add vRealize Automation Hostname Configure SSO Default Tenant Configure SSO Admin User Configure SSO Admin Password Set Time Sync Mode Create a Tenant in vRealize Automation that leverages vRealize Business Standard: Specify an Identity Source Specify a tenant admin Assign vRealize Business roles: Business Management Administrator Business Management Read only Business Management Controller Add one or more virtual environments to vRealize Business Standard Add one or more vCenter Server instances to vRealize Business Standard Update the Reference Database Information in this post uses vRealize Business for Cloud (7.

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Business VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 11, 2017 .

Objective Overview Objective 3.1 - Configure and Manage NSX Integration with vRealize Automation Implement machine blueprints that use: External network profiles Routed network profiles NAT network profiles Private network profiles Deploy applications using a pre-configured networking model Deploy applications using a fully automated networking model Configure static and dynamic routing Deploy an application that uses an automatically provisioned load balancer Apply a security policy to elements of a multi-machine blueprint Automate the application of a security policy to new machines provisioned from a blueprint Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:

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Written by Christopher Lewis on February 11, 2017 .

NOTE: I’M IGNORING THE BLUEPRINT HERE AS THE CRITERIA DOESN’T MATCH THE OBJECTIVE. Objective Overview Objective 4.4 - Import existing workloads Set Global Properties according to a deployment plan Locate log files for the appropriate user Generate a log support bundle for all vRealize Automation components View and export log data for further analysis Configure database log file rollover Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective: A fully deployed vRealize Automation Solution (simple or distributed) A Blueprint is available to Import the VMs against.

VMware vRealize Automation VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 7, 2017 .

This post is a part of a series of posts for preparation for the VCAP6-CMA Deploy exam. For the full exam prep resources check here . In this post we are covering the configuration of the Advanced Services Endpoint for vCenter Server. Prerequisite Steps A fully deployed vRealize Automation implementation. An external Orchestrator deployment ( HOWTO ) Step by Step Instructions Navigate to and Log into the vRealize Automation Tenant Portal as a Tenant Administration user.

VMware vRealize Automation vRealize Orchestrator VCAP6 VCAP6-CMA

Written by Christopher Lewis on February 7, 2017 .

Objective Overview Objective 6.1: Configure Advanced Service Designer Determine the appropriate vRO server deployment according to a deployment plan Assign the Service Architect role to a user or group Configure an external vRO server to run workflows Create a vCO endpoint to enable vRA to communicate with an external vRO server Configure advanced endpoints in ASD (vCenter, AD, SOAP, REST, PowerShell) Objective Prerequisites The following prerequisites are assumed for this Objective:

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